Farm to Future

Wendy Kathryn is an environmental toxins lawyer turned clean living coach, who educates women about how toxins are impacting our health and our kids’ health, how to spot them, and how to avoid them.

Wendy’s  career has spanned making coffee as a Starbucks barista to reviewing and analyzing environmental toxins regulations in Europe.
 
Her toxins experience dates back to over a decade ago, when she tossed everything in her home that had a fragrance in to the dumpster because my 9 month old daughter had terrible eczema. Ironically, Wendy worked in environmental toxins regulation (and still does) but she hadn’t put it together until that moment that while she was so concerned with toxins in drinking water, soil and air, these same toxins were in her lotions and skincare and even her baby girl’s diaper cream! 

Wendy dug deep in to the law and once she fully understood that there were ZERO regulations limiting toxins in our cleaners and personal care products, she found her life’s purpose. 

Resources:
Toxin-free shopping guide: www.toxinfreeshoppingguide.com
Toxin-free roadmap: www.tossingthetoxins.com 

Connect with Wendy:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendykathryn_/
Website: https://www.wendykathryn.com/
Toxin free in 3 course: https://www.wendykathryn.com/toxin-free-in-3  

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Christine Couvelier is a leader who is passionate about food. With over 40 years experience as a Senior leader, Executive Chef, Culinary Executive & Global Culinary Trendologist, Christine is a global Voice of sustainability, food waste and circular economy. Her exceptional ability to be external focused, study competitive & category
analysis, identify & learn from gold standards, predict trends, understand consumer thinking, & translate these concepts into actionable business strategy has made her a global leader.

Connect with Christine
Instagram: @tastetastetaste
Email: [email protected]

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Henry Arrowood, Founder and CEO of Farmshare, is revolutionizing American agriculture. After moving to a 7th-generation cattle ranch in Montana and recognizing the barriers farmers and ranchers face, he launched Farmshare. Now based in Colorado, Henry is focused on digitizing the $11 billion direct-to-market farm sales industry, empowering farmers and ranchers with modern, easy to use and convenient tech tools.

Farmers' Roundtable with Robert F. Kennedy Jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZocn0IgGLk

Connect with Farmshare:
Email Henry: [email protected]
Website: https://farmshare.co/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmshare.co/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farmshare.co

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Join me as I walk through my comprehensive DNA test! I took the Circle DNA’s Premium DNA test, which includes over 500 results across diet, nutrition, fitness, cancer and disease risk, ancestry, and drug response. I walk through highlights from my report, some of the science behind the results, and who I think should get this test done. 

Use code JANEZHANG for 40% off the Premium DNA test from Circle DNA: https://circledna.com/premium 

Jump to section: 

2:20 How the test works - Whole Exome Sequencing 

4:42 Diet results

6:20 Alcohol sensitivity and scientific details

13:16 Salt sensitivity 

15:52 Detox: cruciferous vegetable needs

19:43 Red meat consumption 

22:30 Co-enzyme Q10

25:08 Vitamin B12

27:20 Stress & sleep 

30:22 Pollution & skin 

30:51 Fitness 

34:48 Ancestry 

39:06 Family planning 

41:58 Cancer risks 

44:08 Disease risks 

45:37 Drug response 

48:15 Who is this test for? Was is it worth the investment? 

Nutrigenomics episode with Chef Dr. Mike: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yZNqQclezjXEULoXteGpZ?si=cb1bb5c4cbab4dda 

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Meet Jean-Marie Merkle: an extroverted maximalist with a knack for branding, project management, and regenerative agriculture. With a decade in the design world under her belt, she is all about sharp design, savvy strategy, and forging connections. Starting from urban roots in Pennsylvania, she left home at 18 to study Fashion Marketing in Philadelphia. A detour led her to New York, where she worked with Diddy and later landed a Project Manager role at a tiny Brooklyn design agency, sparking her career journey.

After hustling between cities, burnout hit, and Jean-Marie sought change. She embraced a healthier lifestyle and discovered a passion for regenerative agriculture. An enlightening stay at Quarter Spring Farm in Tennessee rewired her outlook, trading screens for farm chores and kindling an affinity for farm life. Witnessing the magic of goat milk soap-making sparked an idea, adding it to the farm's offerings. The joy she brought farmers fueled a realization: her skills were meant for the farming community.

A year of Nashville exploration followed, including farming classes and soul-searching. A car crash, the pandemic, and some cosmic alignment led to her own LLC. Jean-Marie jumped into projects to build credibility, then aimed higher, moving to Lancaster County, PA, where farming and history converged. Her business shifted focus to amplify farmers and disrupt the broken food system. Now, living her dream, Jean-Marie thrives by boosting clients' digital presence in the agriculture realm, excited for the shared journey ahead.

Connect with Jean-Marie

• Website: https://dig-digital.co/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dig__digital/

Regenerative Food Brands 

• Force of Nature: https://forceofnature.com/
• Alexandre Family Farm: https://alexandrefamilyfarm.com/
• Alec’s ice cream: https://www.alecsicecream.com/ 
• Vital Farms: https://vitalfarms.com/ 
• Pasture bird: https://www.pasturebird.com/ 
• Oro Bianco: https://www.orobiancomilk.com/ 
• Smootch oat water: https://drinksmootch.com/ 
• Tiny Fish Co https://www.thetinyfishco.com/ 
• Lancaster Gift Box: https://lancastergiftbox.com/
• Happy Cat Farm: https://happycatfarm.co/ 

Regenerative resources: 

• Mad Agriculture: https://madagriculture.org/
• Regeneration Nation: https://regenerationnation.com/
• ReGen Brands Podcast: https://regen-brands.com/  
• Savory Institute: https://savory.global/ 
• Rodale Institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Mark McAfee founded the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) in 2011 to assure that farmers had a resource to assist them in producing very low risk raw milk for their consumers. Mark is passionate about “grass to glass” risk reduction management on the farm, and he believes that raw milk cannot emerge as a trusted food unless it is very low risk. He is certified in HACCP management from Chapman University and has developed and implemented award winning Food Safety Plans including Raw Milk Risk Analysis & Management Plans (“RAMP”).

Mark co-founded the world’s largest organic raw milk dairy in 1999 named Organic Pastures Dairy. Today, it sells it’s raw products safely across the United States of America in over 900 store locations. The Raw Farm brand estimates to feed over 50,000 families in California, alone. Mark has worked with state regulators and industry leaders to develop the business’s Test & Hold custom food safety program.  

Mark is a premed-trained retired EMS Paramedic and acute care medical educator with a background in organic farming. In 1997, Mark was awarded the Best of the West grower award for being the first farmer in the USA to initiate an “on farm audited HACCP type risk management system” with the Odwalla juice company. Mark has lectured on the safety and gut biome benefits of raw milk at USC, Stanford, UCSB, Rutgers, University of Guelph, UVIC BC Canada, UCLA, CSUF, Chico State and other Universities and medical schools in Australia, USA and Canada.

Max Kane is an American entrepreneur, local food activist, author, engaging speaker, natural health advocate, and a leading expert in non-toxic, raw dairy production. Max is the CEO of three privately held companies and the author of several books on food and health. Max has over $50M in marketing experience driving revenue to small farms, and has apprenticed under hundreds of farmers around the United States learning about food production.

Max is a survivor of degenerative Crohn’s disease, the first US citizen to voluntarily remove himself from permanent federal disability, and the only person on Earth to bring affiliate marketing to local food.  Max believes that one of the greatest gifts we can give to the next generation is a thriving regenerative food system.  Knowing that true wealth is found in health, relationships, and spiritual connection Max loves creating memorable experiences with loved ones. Max buys and sells real estate, studies political philosophy, eats a raw food animal-based diet, and is a savant at the game Othello.

Learn more about raw milk 

• Raw Milk Institute fact sheet: https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/about-raw-milk
• List of raw milk health studies (BC Herdshare): http://bcherdshare.org/the-health-benefits-of-raw-milk/ 
• BC Herdshare basic fact sheet: http://bcherdshare.org/information/raw-milk-facts/
• Dr. Paul Saladino’s interview with Mark

Where to buy raw milk

• Order direct from FarmMatch (US only): https://www.farmmatch.com/search
• Raw Milk finder (US & Canada): https://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-finder/ 
•  Raw Farm (California and western US): https://rawfarmusa.com/ 

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Olive Oil Sommelier, educator, and author of eight cookbooks, Emily Lycopolus is the Olive Oil Critic. With a degree in Life Science from Queen’s University and an MA in Cultural Anthropology, her love of science and discovery has blended with her deep love of food and flavour — her kitchen is a lab for discovery and learning. Since being introduced to olive oil at an olive grove owned by her husband’s family, she has dedicated her life to the ingredient.

Emily’s olive oil recommendations 

• Biancolilla from Vignoli Foods: Amazing Italian producer who bottles at his own facility in Miami to keep freshness and quality and price in check as much as possible. 
• American Olive Farmer Female founded and managed - Liz is the best. 
• California Olive Ranch Largest California D2C producer - and best overall local pricing
• Frantoi Franci - Eataly Link, but available in most high-end grocery stores, definitely more high-end/$$

Links mentioned

• Recipe: Double chocolate olive oil cake https://oliveoilcritic.com/recipes/double-chocolate-olive-oil-cake/
• Study: Olive Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in U.S. Adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233327/  
• Extra olive virgin oil keeps healthy properties when used for cooking https://web.ub.edu/en/web/actualitat/w/extra-olive-virgin-oil-keeps-healthy-properties-when-used-for-cooking#:~:text=Results%20show%20that%20during%20the,total%20content%20of%20the%20phenol 
• Upcycling olive oil products: https://fermentationassociation.org/upcycling-olive-oil-wine-beer-byproducts/ 

Connect with Emily

• Website: https://oliveoilcritic.com/
• Cookbooks: https://oliveoilcritic.com/cookbooks/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliveoilcritic/ 

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Max Kane is an American entrepreneur, local food activist, author, engaging speaker, natural health advocate, and a leading expert in non-toxic, raw dairy production. Max is the CEO of three privately held companies and the author of several books on food and health. Max has over $50M in marketing experience driving revenue to small farms, and has apprenticed under hundreds of farmers around the United States learning about food production.

Max is a survivor of degenerative Crohn’s disease, the first US citizen to voluntarily remove himself from permanent federal disability, and the only person on Earth to bring affiliate marketing to local food.  Max believes that one of the greatest gifts we can give to the next generation is a thriving regenerative food system.  Knowing that true wealth is found in health, relationships, and spiritual connection Max loves creating memorable experiences with loved ones. Max buys and sells real estate, studies political philosophy, eats a raw food animal-based diet, and is a savant at the game Othello.

Check out FarmMatch
Website: https://www.farmmatch.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmmatch/

Fact checking links:

• Bacteria on the skin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535073/ 
• Metal shards in processed food: https://time.com/3749676/metal-shards-food-recall/ 
• Top lobbying industries in the US: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257364/top-lobbying-industries-in-the-us/ 
  • Pharmaceuticals/Health products $373.74M
  • Electronics Manufacturing & Equipement $221.52M
  • Insurance $158.45M
• Americans account for 4.2% of world population and 8% of prescription drugs consumed https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/06/12/experts-say-us-doesnt-use-87-of-global-prescriptions-fact-check/70290402007/ 
• Prescription Drug Use Among Adults Aged 40–79 in the United States and Canada https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db347.htm 
  • "Nearly 7 in 10 adults aged 40–79 used at least 1 prescription drug in the past 30 days in the United States (69.0%) and Canada (65.5%), and around 1 in 5 used at least 5 prescription drugs (22.4% in the United States and 18.8% in Canada)."

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Carl Jr. Kodakin-Yakeleya is Shutagot'ine (Mountain People) from the communities of Tulita and Deline First Nations located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. He grew up living in many towns across the Northwest Territories and spent extended periods of time in the bush with his father and siblings. Now, as a father to 3 children of his own, Carl want to pass on the teachings that have protected these Lands for millennia. In this time of rapid climate change, the team at Ever Good Medicine believe in the power of healing through traditional values of connection to the Land, respect and preparation of medicines and sharing what we know and have.  

Connect with Carl Jr.
Website: https://evergoodmedicine.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evergoodmedicine/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ever_good_medicine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Ever-Good-Medicine/100090019635592/ 

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co

Chef Dr. Mike gives us an intro to Nutrigenomics, the study of how food affects your genes and how your genes affect the way your body responds to food. This is a different way of looking at food than nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.) but how different foods have bioactives, chemical compounds that interact with our genes and cause certain genes to turn on or off. 

Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking events, articles, books, personal outreach, and media appearances, Chef Dr. Mike has become the voice of Culinary Medicine. His message empowers people to take control of their health, wellness, and happiness through a positive relationship with food.

Get 40% off the Premium DNA test from Circle DNA with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium

Walking through my Circle DNA test results: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5CPWbED9UQhwhd6oCOuwLx?si=189d73f66a0948ba

Connect with Chef Dr. Mike
Website: https://chefdrmike.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realchefdrmike/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ77UNYMvQKOqClng6REJOQ

Discounts

• Get 10% off delicious local farm-fresh food delivered to your door with my link for FarmMatch: https://farmmatch.com/jane
•  Get 15% off high-quality Italian olive oil with code FARMTOFUTURE: https://shop.vignolifood.com/FARMTOFUTURE
• Get 40% the CircleDNA’s Premium DNA test with code JANEZHANG: https://circledna.com/premium 

Connect with Jane Z. 

• Instagram: @farm.to.future
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: farmtofuture.co